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Meh. I'll offer two possibilities: 1.) Maybe he is? GOOD. The GOP is rotten and needs to be destroyed and rebuilt or replaced with something truly conservative. 2.) Maybe he isn't? Maybe you're just disenfranchised or are speaking with Republicans who are? The Republican voters that I know love what he's doing.

My wife said it best the other day, when she and I were discussing this: The Left has abandoned anything near-centrist. They have stopped trying to hide the evil methods bu which they have been trying to sneak evil agendas into fruition over the past six-decades (give or take) and are now just putting it all out in the open. They can finally do that because society's morals and ethics are no longer moral or ethical and are now based entirely on self-gain, self-promotion, and all other manner of self-centric ideals and objectives. The greater good is no longer esteemed.

Today is your day.

Clinton lost 54 house seats in 94, Obama lost 63 in 2010. last count Trump lost 31, but don't let facts stop you. Now if you would have said the most a Republican lost since Watergate, then that would have been a true statement, but the spin just isn't there. This is the same thing that the media does, putting out half truths to see what sticks.

Listening to Joy 620, one of the radio pastors hit on something I found helpful in terms of living with some purpose. How am investing my time, treasure and talent? From the Christian view, it should be stuff pleasing to God. How am I spending my time? During waking hours, it's probably the only thing I really own. Like most, work is required, but common to everyone I know. I believe we are created to do stuff, so binge watching Hell on Wheels (guilty) or simply existing on a couch off work hours is probably not pleasing to God, and truthfully, not particularly productive. When I feel couch like, I am now more aware and will force myself to do something. Investing your treasure biblically refers to tithing, supporting the church, and helping those who need a hand up. For believers and non believers alike, are you a good steward with your income both with saving and borrowing? If you are drawn to charitable giving, is your chairty a good steward with your investment? Remember, the dollars in your pocket and the stuff you buy tangibly represent your time investment in the work portion of your life. Is that thing worth the X number of hours you spent at work? I think this forum is a great example of investing talent. Shared experiences, best practices, encourage, enlightment, and education have been present and maintained during my tenure. It hasn't been all gun stuff!!! Opportunities will present themselves for us to share talents (gun and otherwise) out on the world of real people. May the peace and love of Jesus Christ be with all of you!

Interesting observation. Unless the Democrats have more than hate Trump and gun control to run on, don't believe they will prevail.

Today I stopped by Walmart in need of 30-06 as I don’t want to break into my stash of HXP M2 ball held in reserve to feed the Garand. They have Federal Power-Shock 150 gr SP for $11.97/box. Cheapest they sell so that’s what I wanted. Looked it up later to see what I bought and it appears Federal is running a $5 per box rebate. Score. It might take three months to get that $10 back but when it’s all said and done that’s a mighty fine price for ammo. I’m cheap like that.

This is probably the best thing you will see on the Internet tonight.

Dave Grohl is a treasure, and I think just an all around good human being.

Extra credit for the Don Quixote analogy! - OS

I was referring more to the what, 75? votes that the house made during the Obama years, knowing it was all a waste of time. This noise about "gun reform", or whatever the current term is will be pretty much the same .. .

How exactly do the dems plan to get this accomplished? We are we even concerned? Nothing is going to get through the Senate.

I have more faith in the senate than Trump on this subject.

If memory serves, you said the same (or similar) thing while DJT was running for office and that Hillary would defeat him because of it.... Yet here we are.

I was told no Christian is exempt from sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I don't know where this thread will go, but I hope to learn, encourage and enlighten with positive posts, responses, questions, and critiques. I want to be a better Christian today than yesterday and better tomorrow than today. I hope there will be enough information shared for folks make a decision about Christianity, free from hypocrisy and enough discernment to identify hypocrisy. That's what makes evangelism so hard and so I'll avoid it with the truth. Being 50 year old man, but only an 11 year old Christian, I was sure I wasn't prepared. Not a Bible scholar nor a theologian. Nice thing is I see this Christianity thing as a child does...it's not hard, it's not confusing. It has not been tainted by religion, the bias of my upbringing in the Catholic Church nor blinded by hypocrisy. I was actually saved in a Catholic Church, so the cause and event are probably the best place to start. You should all know I am a sinner; past, prssent, and future. I have broken more of God's commandments more times than I can remember. In 1988 I turned my back on God. Mom passed after 9 months of chemo and cancer. It was obviously God's fault, so I was ready to be like Frank Sinatra and do it my way. Had a pretty successful run, ups and downs but mostly up. Then a strange thing happened while bitching about having to wash some dishes in 1997. I had been married about a year and Mrs GtGs was the subject of my ire. All of a sudden, it occurred to me, if Mom hadn't passed, the likelihood of moving to Tennessee was zero. Not saying I'd still be living at home, but I loved my Mom and still miss her. It also revealed Mrs GtG was His gift to me, to love, cherish, lead and protect. Coincidence I had this errant thought, perhaps. Too much opium trying to connect randon events, maybe. God's plan for my life, with revelation of why I had / have trial and tribulation: this is my obvious choice considering my perspective. It was also a healing moment, my anger and hate towards God evaporated because I had an understanding of why. Here is where I missed the boat, when the anger faded, I was cool with God. I was aware of Him. That was about it, I didn't acknowledge, worship, glorify, or give Him any real credit. My lifestyle didn't change much. Went to church a few times, like any good C&E Catholic, I dropped some spare coin in the collection plate on the high holidays. Fast forward to 2007. Life (on the surface) was great. No cares or worries. Health, wealth, marriage...it was picture perfect. So I bought a bigger boat. The first Saturday I owned it, I was sitting on the bridge after washing and waxing. She was shipshape and in Bristol fashion. While surveying mine domain, another one of those errant thoughs, "I'd never thought I'd have a boat anything like this, I'd better get me to church." Strange to say the least, but at that moment the vague awareness of God manifested into, "GtG, you ain't all that and a bag of chips and somehow you think or know or feel God has been helping you out." So I went and talk about a religious experience. The folks in the pew next me probably thought my family just died or I getting ready to die myself. In the Gospel of Luke, there is a parable of the barren vine, the landowner and the gardner. So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, 'For three years now I've been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven't found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?' I was rocked to my core. This is what I heard and understood. I was the barren vine which had accepted 40 years sun, fertilizer, care, labor, space, investment, mercy and Grace for no yield. God was done with me and I was going to hell. Even my savior Jesus Christ, as the laborer, was willing to shield me, but I had to do something, because scripture doesn't say how long the season is. That's when my heart and mind opened to the truth recorded in the Bible, as I understand it with my childlike perception. The very next week, another religious experience. The Prodigal Son. Yep, through scripture, God revealed there was a party in Heaven over my return to the flock. So when I have zero doubt of heaven and hell and I was certain I was on the hell express, God showed how much he loved the wretched, selfish sinner I was by sending that message to save me from myself. What if I had hit snooze...yikes. So I found the Lord and got right with God and even went and got saved when times were good. I heard and read about trusting, patience, faithfulness. All those things you actually need when times are bad. Didn't quite understand as that stuff doesn't apply to me since time were good. Pretty important, because things got bad. 2009-2011 are tough financial times, I'm working 2 part time jobs to supplement my full time income, our home environment was not marital bliss. I'm reading my Bible a lot during this time, but truthfully, I didn't or couldn't feel God's presence or understand much of what I read. Except for Psalms and Job. There are some wonderful nuggets in Psalms which capture how I want to speak to or cry out to God. In Job, he praises and glorifies God regardless of his situation. He knows the Lord blessed him in the goods times, this is a test of his faith and he will trust God with tomorrow. I clung to this like a drowning man at the end of the rope. 2012 there was light at the end of the tunnel, it wasn't a train, and life got a bit easier with a new job. In August, out AC broke and so did my blindness. Mrs GtG was not happily married and didn't particularly care about the future outcome of our marriage. You see, like Paul, I was still blind to my sin. Yes, I got right with God, accepted who Christ is and what he does for me every day, began to forgive myself for treating God so poorly, but forgot I thing. Why do you persecute me, through her? In my selfishness, I had become a monster. When I looked at my behavior I was ashamed - I wouldn't want to be married to me either. I confessed and asked for forgiveness. Still married and it's better today than day 1. Well, that's my story and it's still being written. Welcome to the religious thread where all are welcome!

Just ask if someone close by has the tools, I do but l'm a bit far or I'd lend you a hand installing them.

It’s encouraging to see someone who remembers playing in a garage - and who still looks out in wonder at a sold out stadium show.

Same vein as the GOP controlled House voted to repeal ACA ~60 times I reckon. - OS

The only reason that failed was because of that ####head McCain, not because of the lack of trying. But now it's a tougher road, and doubt they get that chance again.

Right. This is exactly what is meant by "Fake News." Now most of the country is under the impression that this was a huuuuuuge historic loss of midterm seats, when it was one of the least in many many decades.

I didn't put it clearly enough -- Dems gained more seats in House than they have since Watergate ('74 election). - OS

You are right about large amounts, most shooters only keep a few pounds on hand. Have a friend that has a 25 lb. keg he bought many years ago. BP storage in your home should be in wood or plastic, not metal as metal would have grenade effect when exploding. Some of the imported bp comes in one pound metal cans.

Not personally, wife does. I have seen them sold and purchased, approved and funded on auto loans since 1994. Have one on our personal vehicle. Have seen great to yikes. The "yikes" is why Greg's honesty statement is so important! Know what you are buying, what is included, and maybe more importantly, excluded. At least I know my wife will get to use my life insurance. Most folks don't have $8,000 cash plus to buy a reliable used car. To your point, you can get approved for 10-20% of your monthly gross income for a car payment, just because you can afford and easily budget $600-$800 or more, should you? Not my place, money, or decision, I'm not buying the vehicle and I won't have make 72 perfect payments. It seems to me it's more about buying based on desires and wants vs. actual transportation needs. Want to trade at 30 months with limited trade equity and down payment, let the games begin - with approved credit you can get approved for up to 130% of MSRP so you can roll the negative into your new car. This stems from the lenders needing and wanting loan growth and consumers ignoring math for magic. Lots of great new and used vehicles with good miles for $15-$24k. New full sized trucks, SUVs and fully equipped cars are simply outrageous. And let's not forget about keeping up with the Joneses.

Ramping up to Veterans Day.

Care to discuss the eotech here? If you want to sell or trade it, try classifieds.

Sgt. Stokley was laid to rest this morning with an overflow crowd in attendance: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.tennessean.com/amp/1944157002

My Mother has a 2000 Corolla and still gets offers in the mail for extended warranti es. I would be careful.

Welcome to Tennessee. In the words of the immortal Lewis Grizzard, "Come on down here. Breathe our air. Eat our food. Marry our women. There's just one thing we ask of you - don't tell us how you used to do it back in Brooklyn."

Rifle shed on 11/3/18

If the exterior is any indication of the what the bore has going on, I don't know if it's worth the trouble to clean up.

Just got back from Chevrolet. Got a full warranty.

I had a guy in Portland hit me up for my leftovers. He was sitting outisde a delicious restaurant. I thought it was a brilliant strategy and told him that. He didn't even look homeless, just a broke hipster I think.